More Westie Training And Advice – Earthdog Trials
Westie training can be very interesting when you go beyond basic obedience. This breed can be trained to do many things including Earthdog trials. What is that? It is an outdoor exercise that is designed to specifically test the natural instinct and working ability of small, short-legged terriers. The west highland terrier was originally bred to control the population of vermin and other quarry, such as rats, foxes, otters, etc., that live in dens underground. He would go under the earth, find the den of the pest, bark to alert his owner of its whereabouts, who would then dig down to capture the animal.
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Westie Training Video – Part 2
In this 2nd Westie training video we see our darling 12 week old westie showing of her tricks and obedience.
Here she shows; sit, stick ‘em up, sad, roll over, down, touch, shake a paw, speak, turn left, turn right, jump over, hand up, high five, go potty, ring door bell to go out, come, in crate, out of crate, and shut the door.
Note the use of hand signals which the puppy is reacting to before the voice commands in most cases. Again a clicker and positive rewards have been used with great success.
